i thought, perhaps, that i ought to begin this post with a quote, but changed my mind because there were so many to choose from, so many little gems and pearls, i could sit here all day and the post ...Read More

i know what it's like to be poor, to be uncertain where the next meal is going to be, to hear your older siblings' stomachs grumble while they give you the last bowl of rice in the house. i know what ...Read More

for those of you who know me as a contact on flickr or follow me on twitter, know that i like to sketch. well...love. i don't want to imagine my life existing without scratching pencil to paper, slopping paint with ...Read More

i don't usually put reviews on this site, mainly because so many others have written great ones on many items that i love and use nearly everyday (see sidebar links under viscosity). they are far more articulate than i am, ...Read More

and with it comes shrugging off the old raiments and worries and mistakes and fears of the year before. gone is the self you lived with through good and bad, through grace and clumsiness, through joy and sorrow. all that remains ...Read More